the year of yes

don’t “we don’t do”, do “we do”

I’ve never quite understood people who put limitations on themselves when it comes to any type of “adventure” in life. It can be as little as trying smelly ass yummy curry for the first time and as big as moving abroad for a year, marrying a local, tattooing a bird on your face and changing your name to Eagle Eye (we are not here to judge)… I understand that not everyone is going to be able to try everything, but why not leave the option open? I am asking you this for purely selfish reasons because, frankly, Jamie and I are getting tired of having to go through our list of “we don’t” friends until we get to a pair of “we do” friends that are down to hang out with us.

I have noticed, over time, as an individual that there are a lot of things people do not like, want to try or have a desire to experience ... This is completely understandable, we can't all like everything or want to try everything (me included). But over the years I have taken note that entire couples have jumped on this "don't do" bandwagon... It's fine if it's a moral thing, dont get this post wrong, we aren't talking about breaking the law or changing your views on religion... But at what point do you sit down in a relationship with a pen and paper and say "alrighty Jane this is going to be a list of all the things we dont do and will never do no matter what. I dont care if we could possibly like said things or enjoy said things, we just don't do it, understand?"

Examples of said issue:

Couple T&S:
J&L: Hey, you guys want to go to this new club downtown? I hear they have killer music, everything from Hip Hop to Dubstep.
T: Ew, yeah we don’t do clubs
S: and we dont do traveling "into the city", too much traffic and weird people that dress different than us
S: oh and we don’t do Dubstep, too much bass { long condescending pause}

Ok, metal note, T&S don’t do clubs or like stuff thats loud

Couple R&G:
J&L: You guys want to go camping this weekend?
R: What? Camping?
G: Yeah, we don’t do camping.

Ok, mental note R&G hate the outdoors, smores, fires and nature

Couple P&E:
J&L: Hey, you guys want to go to a country bar, they have line dancing and bull riding?
P&E: Sorry, we don’t do country
P: Yeah plaid hurts my eyes

Ok, mental note. P&E don’t do country, also need to take back plaid shirt I bought for P's birthday.

Couple C&A:
J&L: Wanna come over and hang out? It’s going to be a low-key night, just hang out and have a few beers
C&A: Sorry we so don’t do low-key we are lounge people

Ok, mental note C&A don’t do low-key, no sitting at the house drinking beers- only sitting at a bar that has couches like a house, drinking martini's, got it.

Couple F&T:
J&L: Hey, you guys want to get out of the house, maybe go hit up a few bars, there is a band playing down the street, they are supposed to be really good.
F&T: Yeah, we don’t go out… like ever.
T: and we definitely don’t do live music

Ok, mental note we will not be hanging out with F&T , like ever.

Couple W&whoever W is with at the time:
L: Wanna go see this new Hip Hop group perform, they are not mainstream, more underground so to speak.
W: I am going to hate it
J: How do you know you’re going to hate it, you haven’t even heard of them
W: We just don’t do hip hop, or like to listen to anything thats not on Kiss 100.7

Ok, mental note, never take W or his girlfriend to a show “on the bad side of town”.

WTF people, how are we supposed to keep track of all of the things you don’t do? (We do actually, sadly enough) So when you see us in between not doing things and say “Hey, why haven’t we hung out in like FOREVER??” It’s because we are busy doing all the things you don’t do.

I am SO not saying Jamie and I are SO incredibly diverse or anything, or that we are totally busy all the time, because we aren’t, like at all. The difference being, is that we leave options open to do cool shit. We are pretty much down for whatever, if the opportunity arises to do anything that does not involve killing people or animals (mostly animals) count us in… All we ask is the same in return, I am posting this because we love you and we want to hang out with you more and because my head hurts from rolling my eyes so much at all of your limitations and judgments.

It could be our fault, Jamie and I are basically walking oxymoron’s when it comes to what we like to do with our free time. One night we are in our PJ’s trying to beat Mario Kart (the original) drinking rum and diets until 2am and the next night we equally enjoy being dressed in our best hitting up a swanky club where we know we are the oldest folks in the place (but don’t care) dancing our faces off. Also, if you called and asked us to come meet you at the local watering shit hole for a game of darts and tall boys on special, we probably wouldn’t answer because we’d already be 3 PBR’s deep and waiting on your slow asses to show up.

So all we I am asking you is to make 2012 the year of yes… Try something new, surprise yourself for fucks sake.



PS: We do have a lot of friends that are down for whatever, this post does not apply to you. We love you and the fact that on Friday we are sitting on a ratty blanket with you in the middle of a field drinking from a flask and eating sandwiches from the gas station, while watching some performance of a singer or whom I can’t remember her name, to, on Saturday we are dressed to impress in a fancy ballroom at the Grand Hyatt drinking champagne and eating fancy $13 dollar tiny hamburgers sliders.

PSS: I am aware that after our “don’t do” friends read this post, they may not be our friends anymore.

PSSS: I take full responsibility for the contents of this post, I just add Jamie in here to make me sound more credible (kinda).